NOTICE:
From our HotSpot charts and Bleaching Indices that updated overnight,
using information our satellite obtained during the past weekend, we
observe the following changes in the present bleaching situation:
*Okinawa* -- increased SSTs (approaching 32 deg C in some areas)
Saipan/Guam -- staying more to the north in the Northern Mariana's
Midway -- still showing signs of development from the west
Palmyra -- new area just west of the Line Islands
Bahamas -- SSTs increasing to the west of Great Exuma over the Bank
http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/dhw_news.html
http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/climohot.html
Feedback appreciated...
AE Strong
NOAA/NESDIS
24 July 2001